Qadri ends Islamabad sit-in
Supporters of a leading cleric in Pakistan are ending a two-month sit-in in the capital, Islamabad, to demand PM Nawaz Sharif's resignation.
Tahirul Qadri said his party was taking the protest to other cities instead. He launched his campaign in August, saying he wanted revolutionary change in how Pakistan was run.
Another opposition leader, ex-cricketer Imran Khan, said his supporters would keep protesting in Islamabad until Sharif resigned.
Imran Khan has already expanded his protest by holding huge anti-government rallies in Karachi and other major cities of Punjab province.
Struggling to sustain his sit-in, it seems Qadri had little choice but to follow suit, the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani reports.
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